Patent Dispute Litigation
Patent disputes are fights over infringement and validity - contests over whether a technology reads on a patent's claims, and whether those claims should have issued at all. They pit operating companies against competitors seeking to seize market share and against non-practicing entities whose business is the assertion itself. They extend to licensing and royalty disputes, where the terms of access to a technology are contested. A single patent fight can put an entire product line, or a whole technology platform, at risk. Brewer steps in where the stakes are exceptionally high. Texas venues sit at the center of American patent litigation, and the Firm litigates in its home state and nationwide.
Founded in 1984, with offices in Dallas and New York, Brewer represents clients ranging from entrepreneurs to Fortune 500 corporations and major nonprofits. These cases demand cutting-edge command of claim construction, technical experts who can translate complex engineering for a jury, and damages models measured in the hundreds of millions of dollars. They call for full-spectrum advocacy across remedies and defenses - from non-infringement and invalidity to contested royalty and lost-profits fights. The Firm advances these matters in the forums where patent law is made: the federal district courts and the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.
Brewer's model is integrated by design. Its trial lawyers are supported by an in-house business consulting group, including economists and financial professionals who build and defend the damages models that decide these cases, alongside investigative and public relations professionals who manage the pressures that surround high-stakes litigation. That structure reflects a single, unwavering focus: the Firm litigates. Its principled, relentless advocacy is devoted to the courtroom, and it is there that the Firm prevails.
Featured Technology Litigation Victory
In Raytheon Company v. FLIR Systems, Brewer defended FLIR's subsidiary Indigo Systems against claims of misappropriating 31 alleged trade secrets in infrared camera technology, with more than $650 million sought. After a 17-day trial, the jury unanimously found no misappropriation - and that 27 of the 31 alleged secrets were not trade secrets at all. The Federal Circuit affirmed in a precedential opinion. Tried in the Eastern District of Texas, the nation's premier patent venue, and affirmed by the Federal Circuit, the court that hears all patent appeals, it stands as the Firm's flagship technology IP trial win.
Patent dispute litigation is one dimension of the Firm's broader Commercial Litigation practice.